Contemporary history
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contemporary-history-204-283428
title:
Contemporary history
text:
Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from about 1945 to the present. In the social sciences, contemporary history is also continuous with, and related to, the rise of postmodernity. Contemporary history is politically dominated by the Cold War (1947–1991) between the Western Bloc, led by the United States, and the Eastern Bloc, led by the Soviet Union. The confrontation spurred fears of a nuclear war. An all-
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Era from 1945–present
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contemporary_history
date created:
2007-04-15T22:42:48Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T01:19:55Z
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